Vital Records Act of 1977

The Vital Records Act of 1977 is a Tennessee statute that prohibits individuals from changing their sex on the original birth certificate as a result of sex change surgery. Tennessee is the only state specifically forbidding the correction of sex designations on birth certificates of transgender people.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-3-203
  2. ↑ "Changing Birth Certificate Sex Designations: State-By-State Guidelines". Archived from the original on 2023-06-23. Retrieved 2016-02-21.


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